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Environmental Law

Pace University

1996

Sustainable development

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Welcome (Symposium On Framework Laws--The Key To Sustainable Development In The Americas), Richard L. Ottinger Jan 1996

Welcome (Symposium On Framework Laws--The Key To Sustainable Development In The Americas), Richard L. Ottinger

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications

This is a subject of deep interest to our law school. We have established one of the top environmental studies centers in the United States. In addition, we operate a nationally recognized energy law project, land use law center and international commercial law institute. Our interest is global and broad, focusing on the legal issues involved both in resource use and conservation and on applications at the local, national and international level. We take this broad approach for a simple reason: it is the approach that our graduates will have to take as they practice law in the global market …


Seminar On The Law Of Sustainable Development--United States, John R. Nolon Jan 1996

Seminar On The Law Of Sustainable Development--United States, John R. Nolon

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications

Welcome to a video seminar on the Law of Sustainable Development in Argentina and the United States. Our plan is to record these proceedings and show segments of them at a similar seminar to be held next month in Buenos Aires, Argentina.


The Law Of Sustainable Development, Nicholas A. Robinson Jan 1996

The Law Of Sustainable Development, Nicholas A. Robinson

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications

I am going to talk briefly, as dictated by the format of this seminar, about the law of sustainable development and how it has been developing. Sustainable development is, today, the guiding theme for both public and private measures to improve social conditions and strengthen economic conditions around the world. It did not become a guiding theme overnight. The recognition that sustainable development is fundamental has been growing gradually. The concept recognizes that the sort of development that was popular in the 1960s and 1970s in the United States of America and elsewhere was, by itself, an inadequate base on …